Restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food prices rose 0.4 per
cent in March, and were up 1.9 per cent in the year, driving
an annual food price gain of 1.2 per cent.

Fruit and vegetable prices rose 0.5 per cent last month,
despite cheaper apples and kumara. Overall, produce prices
rose 1.5 per cent over the last year, with more expensive
tomatoes, oranges and mandarins.